Linda Zappulla

Linda Zappulla, Founder and Senior Consultant, Workshops and the Work.
Linda has more than 25 years of marketing experience, working in and leading every marketing discipline for highly regarded consumer brands as well as start-up ventures.

As founder and senior consultant with Workshops and the Work, she provides solutions to marketing needs of business, while teaching and mentoring their employees to enhance their marketing capabilities, and increase their engagement and retention.

As Director of Brand Marketing at Payless ShoeSource, she provided cross-functional leadership, helping Payless deliver its new strategy to transition from a private label purveyor to become a House of Brands. Prior to joining Payless, Linda was Vice President of Marketing for Birch Telecom, a Kansas City based local telephone company. Prior to that she served in a number of strategic marketing and brand management functions for consumer products companies such as Revlon, Lenox China and Corning Glass.

Linda received her MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, and her undergraduate degree from Barnard College. She is a Certified Mentor at SCORE, Kauffman FastTrac Alumna, volunteer with foreign exchange students, and President-elect at Congregation Beth Torah.